few_shots: Example:
Problem/activity:
Task
Materials
One 10-frame per pair of students (see example below)
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Counters, 10 per pair of students
Decks of number cards 0-5 (with 4 of each number) or two 0-5 dice
Setup
This activity is done in pairs. The students sit side by side with 10-frame and deck of cards or dice. If they have cards, the cards are shuffled and placed face down in front of them.
Action
Player 1 flips a card or rolls the die. They place that many counters on the 10-frame. Player 2 flips a card or rolls the die. They place that many more counters on the 10-frame next to the counters already on the ten frame. The students count the total together.
A recording sheet can be added when the students have been introduced to equations and number sentences. For those students who can handle higher numbers, a deck of 0-10 cards and two 10-frames can be used.
This game can also be played alone.


Mathematical concept/skill options: 
A. Write and interpret numerical expressions.
B. Generate and analyze patterns.
C. Analyze patterns and relationships.
D. Use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.
E. Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.
F. Work with radicals and integer exponents.
G. Solve systems of equations.
H. Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
I. Perform arithmetic operations on polynomials.
J. Understand the relationship between zeros and factors of polynomials.
K. Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division.
L. Solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations.
M. Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic.
N. Use polynomial identities to solve problems.
O. Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.
P. Rewrite rational expressions.
Q. Interpret the structure of expressions.
R. Add and subtract within 20.
S. Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
T. Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.
U. Solve equations and inequalities in one variable.
V. Create equations that describe numbers or relationships
W. Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities.
X. Represent and solve equations and inequalities graphically.
Y. Understand solving equations as a process of reasoning and explain the reasoning.
Z. Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.
AA. Gain familiarity with factors and multiples.
AB. Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from.
AC. Work with addition and subtraction equations.
AD. Multiply and divide within 100.
AE. Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication.
AF. Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
AG. Write expressions in equivalent forms to solve problems.
AH. Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.


Thought: This task teaches students to understand addition as putting together counters, or adding to already placed counters.
Answer: AB

Now, assign the following problem or activity to one or more relevant mathematical concepts/skills it teaches.
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options: Understand the concept of a function and use function notation.

Define, evaluate, and compare functions.

Prove and apply trigonometric identities.

Use functions to model relationships between quantities.

Interpret functions that arise in applications in terms of the context.

Build a function that models a relationship between two quantities.

Construct and compare linear and exponential models and solve problems.

Analyze functions using different representations.

Model periodic phenomena with trigonometric functions.

Build new functions from existing functions.

Interpret expressions for functions in terms of the situation they model.

Extend the domain of trigonometric functions using the unit circle.
problem_activity: Warm-up
In this warm-up, students are prompted to compare function values. To do so, they need to interpret statements in function notation and connect their interpretations to the graph of the function.
Previously, students recognized that if a point with coordinates
\((2,20)\)
is on the graph of a function, the 2 is an input and the 20 is a corresponding output. Here, they begin to see the second value in a coordinate pair more abstractly, as
\(f(2)\)
when the input is 2, or as
\(f(4)\)
when the input is 4.
Launch
Give students 1–2 minutes of quiet think time. Follow with a whole-class discussion.
Some students might be unfamiliar with drones. If needed, give a brief explanation of what they are.
Student Facing
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Here is a graph that represents function
\(f\)
, which gives the height of a drone, in meters,
\(t\)
seconds after it leaves the ground.
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Decide which function value is greater.
\(f(0)\)
or
\(f(4)\)
\(f(2)\)
or
\(f(5)\)
\(f(3)\)
or
\(f(7)\)
\(f(t)\)
or
\(f(t+1)\)
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
Invite students to share how they compared each pair of outputs. If not mentioned in students’ explanations, point out that for each pair, what we are comparing are the vertical values of the points on the graph at different horizontal values. Even though the statements don’t tell us the values of, say
\(f(3)\)
and
\(f(7)\)
, and the vertical axis shows no scale, we can tell from the graph that the function has a greater value when
\(t\)
is 3 than when
\(t\)
is 7.
Tell students that the coordinates
\((0, f(0))\)
represent the starting point of the drone. Ask students, “What are the coordinates of the points when the drone starts leveling off? When it starts to descend? When it lands?” (
\((2, f(2)), (5,f(5))\)
, and
\((7,f(7))\)
, respectively.)
Highlight that the coordinates of each point on a graph of a function are
\((x, f(x))\)
.
Discuss with students how they compared
\(f(t)\)
and
\(f(t+1)\)
(in the last question). Make sure students see that the
\(f(t+1)\)
could be less than, equal to, or greater than
\(f(t)\)
, depending on the value of
\(t\)
.
If
\(t\)
is 2, then
\(t+1\)
is 3. From the graph, we can see that
\(f(2)\)
is equal to
\(f(3)\)
because the graph has the same vertical value when
\(t\)
is 2 and 3.
If
\(t\)
is 5, then
\(t+1\)
is 6. From the graph, we can see that
\(f(5)\)
is greater than
\(f(6)\)
because the graph has a greater vertical value when
\(t\)
is 5 than when
\(t\)
is 6.


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